St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball

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St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball
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University St. Bonaventure University
All-time record1420–1064 (.570)
Athletic director Bob Beretta
Head coach Mark Schmidt (18th season)
Conference Atlantic 10
Location Allegany, New York
Arena Reilly Center
(capacity: 8,257)
Nickname Bonnies
Student section Wolf Pack
ColorsBrown and white [1]
   
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Home
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Alternate
NCAA tournament Final Four
1970
Other NCAA tournament results
Elite Eight1970
Sweet Sixteen1961, 1968, 1970
Appearances1961, 1968, 1970, 1978, 2000, 2012, 2018, 2021
Conference tournament champions
2012, 2021
Conference regular-season champions
2016, 2021
WNY3: 1950, 1951, 1957, 1958

The St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball (formerly the St. Bonaventure Brown Indians) team is the college basketball team that represents St. Bonaventure University, located near the city of Olean, New York. The school's team currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference and plays its home games at the Reilly Center. The Bonnies are currently coached by all-time coaching wins leader Mark Schmidt, who during his 12th season surpassed former coach Larry Weise with his 203rd victory. [2]

Contents

History

Beginnings

Of the major sports at St. Bonaventure, basketball was the last introduced. In 1902, the first team had been put together, mainly consisting of former football players. The coach of this team was university professor Patric Driscoll. Official records of these games were not kept. Proper facilities were not available until four years later when intramural games began to be played in a handball court on campus.

In 1916, Butler Gym was constructed, but wasn't finished by the time the intercollegiate team played its first game against University at Buffalo. This game was played in the Olean Armory. Games were cancelled until after World War I had ended. The first game played in Butler Gym was during the 1919-1920 season with Richard Phelan as the coach. Basketball prospered on campus in the decades between World War I and World War II. From 1942 to 1944, basketball was again put on hold for a world war. Following World War II, Anslem Kreiger, a former All-American Basketball player, took over the program, with a record of 15-10 over his two-year tenure. The Brown Indians returned to the Olean Armory after the war and remained there for the next 20 seasons. The team was noted for having won 99 consecutive home games at the Armory before that streak was broken in February 1961. [3] [4]

Ed (Melvin) Milkovich took over the basketball team for a six-year period starting with the 1948–49 season, after Kreiger was promoted to athletic director. This was a period of great success for the program, with two appearances in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT), the first during the 1950–51 season when the team was eliminated in the second round. Further success came with the team's appearance in the 1952 NIT, where they made it to the semifinals. Over his tenure, Milkovich led the team to a record of 98–47.

Edward Donovan took over head coaching duties for the 1953–54 season, holding the position for an eight-year period. The team again made an appearance in the NIT in 1957, again making it to the semifinals [5]

Golden era

Under Donovan, the team made it to the NIT every year from 1957 to 1960. In 1961, the team made its first trip to the NCAA tournament and finished third in its regional. However, this was Donovan's final season coaching the Brown Indians; in May 1961 he took a job as a coach of the New York Knicks.

The 1967-68 team. Bob Lanier has #31 St bona baketball 1967-68 team.jpg
The 1967-68 team. Bob Lanier has #31

Former Brown Indian Larry Weise took over the team starting with the 1961–62 season. In 1964, Weise led the team to the NCIT Tournament and the NIT. Under Weise's tutelage, the team returned to the NCAA tournament in 1968, proceeding to the second round prior to being eliminated. In 1970, St. Bonaventure, led by future NBA-great Bob Lanier, was thought to have a legitimate shot at unseating UCLA for the national title. However, they lost Lanier late in their East regional final victory over Villanova to a torn ligament, causing the All-American to miss the Final Four. St. Bonaventure was upset by Jacksonville in the national semifinals, before losing to New Mexico State in the national consolation game. In each Final Four game, the Lanier-less Bonnies were dominated by the opponent's pivot, Artis Gilmore for Jacksonville and Sam Lacey for New Mexico State.

Weise led the team to another trip to the NIT in 1971. In 1973, he relinquished his post as coach. He was replaced by Jim Satalin, another former Brown Indian. He led the team to a championship in the NIT in 1977. The next year, the team again made it to the NCAA tournament and was defeated in the first round. In 1979, St. Bonaventure joined the Eastern Athletic Association (informally known as the "Eastern 8," and renamed the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1982) and the Brown Indians made another appearance at the NIT and again were defeated in the first round. [6] The team was renamed the Bonnies in 1992.

Rebounding

In the 1999–2000 season, the Bonnies finished in second place in A-10 play under coach Jim Baron and lost to #6 ranked Temple in the A-10 tournament championship. The Bonnies received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, their first bid since 1978. However, they failed to advance, losing to #19 ranked Kentucky in double overtime in the first round. Following the season Baron moved on to coach fellow A-10 school, Rhode Island.

2003 scandal

Jan van Breda Kolff was hired to continue the rebuilding Baron had achieved. However, he, instead, did the opposite. The 2002–03 men's basketball season was marred by a scandal after a transfer student from a junior college, Jamil Terrell, was permitted to play even though he had not completed his associate degree and was therefore ineligible for one year. [7] The team was forced to forfeit every game in which he played and was barred from the A-10 Tournament. In protest, players voted to sit out the last two games of the regular season. Head coach Jan van Breda Kolff, athletic director Gothard Lane, and school president Dr. Robert Wickenheiser were all ousted. [8] St. Bonaventure's chairman of the board of trustees, William Swan, took his own life in August 2003, feeling that he had let down his alma mater by failing to prevent the scandal. [9]

St. Bonaventure docked itself three scholarships from 2003 to 2005 and the NCAA subsequently put the team on three years' probation and banned it from postseason play in 2003–04. [10] [11] Subsequently, the Bonnies failed to achieve a winning record until the 2010–11 season under coach Mark Schmidt.

Renewed success

In the 2011–12 season, the team enjoyed more success than in any season since the 2003 scandal. Led by conference Player of the Year Andrew Nicholson — the 19th pick by Orlando in the 2012 NBA draft — they accumulated a 20–12 record during the regular season. They then won the school's first-ever Atlantic 10 tournament title, beating Saint Joseph's, UMass, and Xavier. The conference title earned them an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost 66–63 to ACC champion Florida State in the second round at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

After Nicholson departed for the NBA, the 2012–13 team failed to qualify for the 2013 A-10 tournament in Brooklyn. However, the 2013–14 Bonnies qualified for the A-10 tournament, advancing to the semifinals. They upset the #1 seed Saint Louis on a buzzer-beater shot by Jordan Gathers, the nephew of Hank Gathers. That play made the SportsCenter Top 10 plays of the Night. In the 2014–15 campaign, the Bonnies had a winning record and advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 Conference tournament. On February 7, 2015, Bonnies guard Marcus Posley hit a buzzer beater shot to upset the nationally ranked VCU Rams and Shaka Smart at the nearly sold-out Reilly Center. The students, and many fans, rushed the court to celebrate after Posley's shot went in.

The 2015–16 Bonnies finished in a three-way tie for first place in the A-10 regular season. [12] The Bonnies were upset in their first game of the A-10 tournament, losing in overtime to Davidson. [13] The Bonnies failed to receive a bid to the NCAA tournament and were considered one of the "first four out" by the selection committee, their poor non-conference strength of schedule and lack of non-conference quality wins being listed as the reasons they were not selected for a bid. [14] [15] Their omission was widely considered to be one of the largest snubs of the year, if not all time, being the first team to ever to have an RPI ranking in the top 30 and a conference regular season title to their name, and not receive a bid. It came as such a surprise to so many in the college basketball world, that it prompted the Atlantic 10 athletic director to issue a public statement voicing her dissatisfaction with the committee's decision to exclude the Bonnies. [14] The following year, St. Bonaventure alum Brian Toolan wrote a short book about the Bonnies' 2015-2016 season, entitled "Snubbed". [16]

The 2017-18 Bonnies tied the school's season record at 25 wins, a record previously set by the 1969-1970 Final Four team. [17] The 25-win season resulted in an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament as an 11-seed, where the Bonnies went on to beat the UCLA Bruins 65-58 for their first NCAA tournament win since 1970. [18] The 2017-2018 season marked the Bonnies' seventh NCAA tournament appearance in program history and the second under head coach Mark Schmidt. [17] The Bonnies later lost to the Florida Gators 62-77 in the 1st round of the NCAA tournament. [19]

On February 27, 2021 the Bonnies clinched the first ever outright Atlantic 10 regular season title in program history when Davidson defeated VCU 65-57. [20] The successful season continued two weeks later when, on March 14, 2021, the Bonnies won their first A-10 tournament title since 2012, beating VCU 74-65. [21] With this win the Bonnies secured an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their second in 4 years.

The 2021–22 Bonnies opened the new campaign ranked in the AP Poll for the first time in a half century. [22] Following a win in the Charleston Classic (in which the Bonnies defeated Boise State, Clemson and Marquette) the Bonnies reached as high as 16th in the national poll. The Bonnies went unranked the rest of the season following a loss to Northern Iowa in their first game after the Charleston Classic win. Following an ankle injury to their star Point Guard Kyle Lofton, the Bonnies fell to AP ranked UCONN and were blown out against Virginia Tech in Lofton's return to play. Following that loss to VA Tech. the Bonnies went on a one-month COVID pause due to positive cases within their program and their opponents. The A-10 preseason favorite Bonnies finished the regular season as the 4th seed for the A-10 tournament, losing to 5th seeded Saint Louis in the quarterfinals after Lofton missed 2 free throws trailing by 1 point with under 2 seconds remaining.

The Bonnies returned to National Invitational Tournament (NIT) after missing out on an NCAA tournament berth. They defeated Colorado, Oklahoma and Virginia en route to an appearance at Madison Square Garden for the NIT semifinals versus Xavier. [23] The Bonnies fell in that game to finish their season. Following the loss, the "ironman 5 2.0" as they were called composed of Kyle Lofton, Dominick Welch, Jaren Holmes, Jalen Adaway and Osun Osunniyi all opted to take their talents elsewhere. Adaway entered the NBA draft, Lofton transferred to Florida, Holmes and Osunniyi transferred to Iowa State, and Welch transferred to Alabama.

On September 18, 2024, former ESPN journalist Adrian Wojnarowski, a 1991 graduate of the school, was announced as the program's general manager. [24]

Seasons

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball (Atlantic 10 Conference)(1994–present)
1994–95St. Bonaventure 18–139–74thNIT
1995–96St. Bonaventure 10–184–125th
1996–97St. Bonaventure 14–145–115th
1997–98St. Bonaventure 17–156–104thNIT
1998–99St. Bonaventure 14–158–84th
1999–00St. Bonaventure 21–1011–52ndNCAA Tournament
2000–01St. Bonaventure 18–129–75thNIT
2001–02St. Bonaventure 17–138–83rdNIT
2002–03St. Bonaventure 13–147–96th
2003–04St. Bonaventure 7–213–135th
2004–05St. Bonaventure 2–261–156th
2005–06St. Bonaventure 8–192–1413th
2006–07St. Bonaventure 7–224–1212th
2007–08St. Bonaventure 8–222–1414th
2008–09St. Bonaventure 15–156–1011th
2009–10St. Bonaventure 15–167–98th
2010–11St. Bonaventure 16–158–87thCBI Tournament
2011–12 St. Bonaventure 20–1210–63rdNCAA Tournament
2012–13 St. Bonaventure 14–157–911th
2013–14 St. Bonaventure 18–156–109th
2014–15 St. Bonaventure 18–1310–86th
2015–16 St. Bonaventure 22–914–41stNIT
2016–17 St. Bonaventure 20–1211–75th
2017–18 St. Bonaventure 26–814–42ndNCAA Tournament
2018–19 St. Bonaventure 18–1612–64th
2019–20 St. Bonaventure 19–1211–75thTournaments canceled due to COVID-19
2020–21 St. Bonaventure 16–411–41stNCAA Tournament
2021–22 St. Bonaventure 23–1012–54thNIT
2022–23 St. Bonaventure 14-188-108th
2023–24 St. Bonaventure 20-139-97th
St. Bonaventure Bonnies:1454-1096 (.570)632–662 (.488)
Total:14254-1096 (.570)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Postseason

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Bonnies have appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 710.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1961 First round
Sweet Sixteen
Regional third-place game
Rhode Island
Wake Forest
Princeton
W 86–76
L 73–78
W 85–67
1968 First round
Sweet Sixteen
Regional third-place game
Boston College
North Carolina
Columbia
W 102–93
L 72–91
L 75–95
1970 First round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National third-place game
Davidson
North Carolina State
Villanova
Jacksonville
New Mexico State
W 85–72
W 80–68
W 97–74
L 8391
L 73–79
1978 First roundPennsylvaniaL 83–92
2000 First roundKentuckyL 80–85 OT
2012 Second roundFlorida StateL 63–66
2018 First Four
First round
UCLA
Florida
W 65–58
 L 62–77
2021 First roundLSUL 61–76

NCAA tournament seeding history

The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition.

Year '00 '12 '18 '21
Seed1214119

NIT results

The Bonnies have appeared in 18 National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 2119. They were NIT champions in 1977, and were the tournament's top overall seed in 2016. [25]

YearRoundOpponentResult
1951 First round
Quarterfinals
Cincinnati
St. John's
W 70–67
L 58–60
1952 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third-place game
Western Kentucky
Dayton
Duquesne
W 70–69
L 62–69
W 48–34
1957 First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third-place game
Cincinnati
Seattle
Memphis
Temple
W 90–72
W 85–68
L 78–80
L 50–67
1958 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third-place game
St. Joseph's
Xavier
St. John's
W 79–75
L 53–72
W 84–69
1959 First round
Quarterfinals
Villanova
St. John's
W 75–67
L 74–82
1960 First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third-place game
Holy Cross
St. John's
Bradley
Utah State
W 94–81
W 106–71
L 71–82
L 83–99
1964 First roundArmyL 6264
1971 First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third-place game
Purdue
Hawaiʻi
Georgia Tech
Duke
W 94–79
W 73–64
L 71–76
W 92–88
1977 First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship Game
Rutgers
Oregon
Villanova
Houston
W 79–77
W 76–73
W 86–82
W 94–91
1979 First roundAlabamaL 8998
1983 First roundIonaL 7690
1995 First round
Second round
Southern Miss
Marquette
W 7570
L 6170
1998 First roundVanderbiltL 6173
2001 First roundPittsburghL 7584
2002 First roundSyracuseL 6676
2016 First roundWagnerL 7579
2022 First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Colorado
Oklahoma
Virginia
Xavier
W 7668
W 7068
W 5251
L 77–84
2025 First roundKent StateL 5675

CBI results

The Bonnies have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational. Their record is 01.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2011 First roundUCFL 54–69

In accordance with school policy, since 2014, the team has declined all postseason tournament invitations other than the NCAA tournament and NIT. [15] In 2024, the school reportedly declined an NIT invitation, one of 17 schools, and the only mid-major to do so that year. [26] It reversed that decision for 2025 and accepted their invitation to that tournament. [27]

National polls

St. Bonaventure has finished in the Final Top 25 rankings 6 times in the AP Poll.

St. Bonaventure Final Rankings
YearRecordAP Poll†
195221–615
195920–319
196021–59
196124–43
196823–23
197025–33

The Associated Press began compiling a ranking of the top 20 college men's basketball teams during the 1948–1949 season. It has issued the poll continuously since the 1950–1951 season. Beginning with the 1989-1990 season, the poll expanded to 25 teams.

Notable players and coaches

Coaches with NCAA Tournament appearances

CoachYearsWin–lossWin %Final FourNCAA appearances
Eddie Donovan 1954–1961139–57.55001
Larry Weise 1962–1973202–90.69212
Jim Satalin 1974–1982155-93.62501
Jim Baron 1993–2001132–131.50201
Mark Schmidt 2007–pres268–194†.58003

- As of March 25, 2022

All-Americans

St. Bonaventure has had 11 All-Americans in its history.

PlayerCountYears
Ken Murray 1 1950 AP Honorable Mention
Bob Sassone 1 1952 AP Honorable Mention
Tom Stith 3 1959 AP Honorable Mention 1960 First Team, 1961 First Team
Freddie Crawford 2 1961 AP Honorable Mention, 1964 AP Honorable Mention
Whitey Martin 1 1961 AP Honorable Mention
Bob Lanier 3 1968 Second Team, 1969 AP Second Team, 1970 First Team
Greg Sanders 1 1978 AP Honorable Mention
Earl Belcher 2 1980 AP Honorable Mention, 1981 AP Honorable Mention
Mark Jones 2 1982 AP Honorable Mention, 1983 AP Honorable Mention
Andrew Nicholson 1 2012 AP Honorable Mention
Jaylen Adams 1 2018 AP Honorable Mention

Retired numbers

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Fltr (above): Sam Stith, Tom Stith; (below) Bob Lanier, and Freddie Crawford, some of the players whose numbers were retired
St. Bonaventure Bonnies retired numbers
No.PlayerPositionCareerNo. ret.Ref.
13 Ken Murray G1946–19501969 [28]
14Bill ButlerF1964–19681969 [28]
22 Sam Stith G1957–19601969 [28]
25 Earl Belcher F1977–19811991 [28]
Essie Hollis F1973–19771988 [28]
31 Bob Lanier C1967–19701975 [28]
34 Roland Martin PG1958–19611969 [28]
42 Tom Stith F1958–19611969 [28]
44 Andrew Nicholson F2008–2012Feb 22, 2014 [28]
53Greg SandersF1974–1978Dec 3, 2016 [28]
54 Freddie Crawford G1960–19641970 [28]

Basketball Hall of Fame inductees

NamePos.YearsInducted
Bob Lanier F 1967-19701992

Bonnies in the NBA

St. Bonaventure has had 17 former players who have gone on to play in the NBA.

NameYears in NBA
Ken Murray 1951-1955
Billy Kenville 1954-1960
Fred Diute 1955
Brendan McCann 1958-1960
Sam Stith 1962
Whitey Martin 1962
Tom Stith 1963
Freddie Crawford 1967-1971
George Carter 1968-1976
Bob Lanier 1971-1984
Essie Hollis 1979
Glenn Hagan 1982
Mark Jones 1982
David Vanterpool 2001
J.R. Bremer 2003-2004
Andrew Nicholson 2013-2017
Jaylen Adams 2019-2021

Bonnies in the Olympics

NameYearCityPositionCountryMedal
Barry Mungar 1988 Seoul ForwardFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Norman Clarke 1988 Seoul GuardFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

SBU wins vs. the AP Top 25

Since the 1993–94 season, SBU has played a total of 48 games against teams ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll. SBU has a record of 11–37 against such teams. They have a record of 0–8 against teams in the Top 5 during this span. The Bonnies also hold a record of 9–9 against ranked teams at the Reilly Center since 1993.

YearOpponentResultSite
1950–51#19 Siena
#15 Villanova
#17 Cincinnati
W 47–45
W 74–69
W 70–67
Home
Away
Neutral
1951–52#11 Western Kentucky
#18 Siena
#4 Duquesne
W 73–60
W 69–44
W 49–31
Home
Home
Neutral
1955–56#16 MemphisW 79–67Home
1956–57#14 Canisus
#5 Seattle
W 57–48
W 85–65
Home
Neutral
1959–60#14 Providence
#9 Villanova
W 90–89
W 72–70
Home
Away
1960–61#3 BradleyW 75–61Home
1968–69#18 MarquetteW 84–62Home
1969–70#17 Purdue
#10 Davidson
#10 NC State
W 91–75
W 85–72
W 80–68
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral
1971–72#12 ProvidenceW 98–82Home
1977–78#17 SyracuseW 91–84Home
1977–78#16 Providence
#14 Syracuse
W 72–64
W 70–69
Home
Neutral
1993–94#23 George Washington
#19 West Virginia
W 71–67
W 72–66
Home
Home
1997–98#13 Xavier
#20 Rhode Island
#20 Massachusetts
W 80–77
W 86–81
W 72–70
Home
Home
Home
1999–00#23 TempleW 57–56Home
2013–14#21 Massachusetts
#18 St. Louis
W 78–65
W 71–68
Home
Neutral
2014–15#18 VCUW 73–71Home
2015–16#15 DaytonW 79–72Away
2017–18#16 Rhode IslandW 77–74Home

Broadcasting

FM 95.7 in Olean signed on in 1949 and carried the St. Bonaventure men's basketball team from its sign-on through the next 74 seasons. In July 2023, the university announced that it was unable to come to an agreement with the station's current owners to continue broadcasting the games. For the 2023–24 season, the Bonnies broadcast their home games exclusively online. The university retained Gary Nease, their play-by-play broadcaster since 1995, to helm the play-by-play broadcast. Chris Russell, former station manager at FM 105.9 in Little Valley (where he formerly broadcast the women's basketball team), served as producer of the broadcasts. Nease explained that "I was getting it from both my company and Bonaventure that they weren't happy with some of the things that were going on (...) Bonaventure was doing a good job recruiting corporate sponsors. I think our station and Bonaventure were competing directly against each other for the advertising dollars that we needed to cover our costs and turn a profit." [29]

After one season of carrying the games exclusively online, in which the broadcasts drew fewer than 1,500 listeners per game, St. Bonaventure signed an agreement with WBRR (FM 100.1) in Bradford, Pennsylvania to carry the team's men's basketball broadcasts beginning in fall 2024, with all staff carrying over. [30] The university also signed an agreement with YES Network to televise five games, with streaming rights to those games held by the "Gotham Sports App" joint venture between YES and MSG Networks. [31]

Roc City Hoops Classic

Formerly known as the Lightower Conference Classic, the Roc City Hoops Classic is an annual collegiate men's basketball event. The event formerly featured a game played between two Atlantic 10 Conference NCAA Division-I member schools at Blue Cross Arena. [32]

The event, started by St. Bonaventure University, brings NCAA Division-I basketball to Rochester, New York, the largest city in the United States of America without a full NCAA Division-I member school (however the RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) Tigers have a men's and women's ice hockey program in Division I (Atlantic Hockey) in Henrietta, New York, along with the SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles in women's gymnastics and the Hobart College Statesmen in men's lacrosse (Northeast Conference) in the Rochester area). While the early contests featured non-conference games, often with power conference teams, in 2014, with the rise of Atlantic 10 Conference's success in the NCAA National Tournament, the event moved to feature a conference matchup for the Bonnies men's basketball program.

Alesco Advisors is the presenting Sponsor for the event. [33] Lightower Fiber Networks (formerly Fibertech), a Boxborough, MA based provider of fiber networks has held the title sponsorship from 2002-2016.

Classic History

DateScoreBonnies RecordAttendanceNotes
November 25, 2000St. Bonaventure7978Charlotte1-06,678Winning basket in final seconds
November 30, 2002St. Bonaventure5456Saint Louis1-16,575
December 3, 2003St. Bonaventure7887#16 Syracuse 1-211,650Blue Cross Attendance Record [34]
November 30, 2005St. Bonaventure6166West Virginia1-35,162
November 17, 2009St. Bonaventure6869 St. John's 1-44,181Winning basket in final seconds
December 23, 2010St. Bonaventure6876 Virginia Tech 1-55,285Overtime
December 20, 2011 St. Bonaventure 6567#16 NC State 1-65,802
November 24, 2012 St. Bonaventure 8075 Niagara 2-64,758
January 14, 2015 St. Bonaventure 7555 George Mason 3-64,032Start of A-10 series
March 2, 2016 St. Bonaventure 9890 Saint Joseph's 4-66,734 Posley scores D1 High 47 points [35]
January 14, 2017 St. Bonaventure 7353 Fordham 5-66,386National Broadcast on NBCSN [36]
December 16, 2017 St. Bonaventure 8179 Vermont 6-65,828Winning basket in final seconds [37]
January 12, 2019 St. Bonaventure 7164 Fordham 7-64,914
January 15, 2020 St. Bonaventure 7461 UMass 8-64,276

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